I love the Unbridled Hope program, ​​I've been around these horses almost my entire life. This is a senior pic of me on one of those horses. Justin, Age 18, 2015

So there's this saying..."a man's best friend is the dog", well in my case it would be "a cowgirl's best friend is the horse". For 15 years of my life, I was a very scared and lonely gal. I was scared to get too close to anybody because I didn't want to get hurt and very lonely because of that. I have been going out to the Tribovich farm for a year now and I have learned so much from the horses. Those horses have helped me turn my life around and clean up my act. They have made me a better person. They didn't only help me physically, but also emotionally. The thing about these beautiful, magnificent creatures is that they can feel what you're feeling and feed off of your emotions. Whenever I'm feeling sad or upset and I go out to the farm, they know how I'm feeling and they comfort me. They do not judge me and they love me no matter what. They have shown me the true meaning of friendship and love. So now I know that I have these life long best friends that will not let me down and I will not let them down.

Samantha BAge:16

Hello, my name is JoJo and I want to tell you a little about how horses have helped me. When I first came out to the farm, I was troubled and confused. I then found out that the horses don't care who you are or how popular you are; they are just friendly no matter what. Horses have done so much for me. Before I came out I had so much anger bottled up inside, but now it's like I can go out to the barn and talk to them and it's like they can understand my problems.

JoJo TAge:13

My name is Jessica and I have been working with Vicki for almost a year, helping the kids with their reading and also helping them to understand the horse’s emotions. It is a joy being out there and watching the kids really enjoy reading, having a blast grooming & playing as well. The kids have their days when they don’t want to do anything, other days they are impatient to get out there and read, ride and play with the horses!!

Jessica WAge:17

Mary Hawkey wrote: "The amazing Vicki Tribovich of Unbridled Hope Equine Assisted Learning of Bayfield, Inc. was eventually able to talk Colt into sitting on her little miniature horse for a brief period. He wouldn't do the big horse, but she used her own time to try to help us with Colt while she was working with Gage. That was over a year ago...and I haven't tried since because I wanted him to have time to get over that initial instance with the first farm that caused this."